Revise procedures to address weaknesses in the owners monitoring procedures to include adequate oversight of contractors and staff hired to manage the daily operations of the project including recertifications.

Provide training to staff to ensure that HAP calculations are accurate and adequately supported.

Create and implement policies and procedures or change program regulations to prevent multifamily housing properties from charging more for Section 8 units than for comparable non-Section 8 units. For the 25 properties reviewed, this measure would prevent as much as $3,144,894 of Section 8 funds Read More

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement of $325,000 represents an amount due HUD from Pacific Horizon.

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $15,000 represents an amount due HUD from the two loan officers.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to provide documentation to justify that the $1,615,057 in unsupported costs is associated with eligible program activities. Any unsupported costs determined to be ineligible Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to strengthen oversight controls over disbursements to ensure that adequate supporting documentation is maintained and complies with applicable regulations.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to follow its policies and procedures for record-keeping to maintain records that adequately identify the source and application of funds provided for financially assisted Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to provide records detailing the funding sources of the non-Federal cash match for the six grant activities reviewed.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to provide source documentation to substantiate that the $584,579 in required non-Federal cash matching funds for five of the six program projects reviewed were met.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct Palladia officials to reconcile its accounting records to ensure that total revenues and expenditures in its general ledgers reconcile to the revenues and expenditures reported in its annual Read More

Reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for the $62,377 used to pay for the excess executive compensation.

Develop and implement written policies, procedures, and other financial controls to ensure that Sections 8 and 9 funds are not used to pay for compensation over the salary limit.

Reimburse the U.S. Treasury from non-Federal funds for the $5,000 in ineligible costs paid to its contractor.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures for the payment review process to comply with applicable regulations in 2 CFR Part 200.

Train its staff on its newly developed policies and procedures noted in recommendations 1B and 1D.

The Pell City Housing Authority to reimburse its public housing fund from non-Federal funds $1,188 for payments made for ineligible credit card expenditures.

The Pell City Housing Authority to support or reimburse its public housing fund $12,874 ($4,709 $8,165) for unsupported disbursements.

The Pell City Housing Authority to fully implement adequate internal controls over its credit card purchases and disbursements to ensure that it complies with Federal requirements and its own policies and procedures.

The Pell City Housing Authority to revise its policies and procedures for its review of expenditures to ensure that its board of commissioners documents its enforcement of and the Authority’s compliance with the requirements during its review process to ensure that the Authority’s disbursements Read More